Paradise Lost Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Milton ‘thought women made only for obedience, and man for rebellion’
A
Dr Johnson
18th Century
2
Q
‘women…were second-class citizens’
A
Michaela Murphy
3
Q
‘By granting her permission, Adam becomes involved in what happens to her’
A
Dennis Burden
1968
4
Q
‘Satan is superior in character to Milton’s God’
A
John Carey
20th Century
5
Q
Adam ‘sins with his eyes open’
A
J Martin Evans
1973
6
Q
‘Eve’s wish to work apart from Adam would not have been taken lightly by Milton’s first readers’
A
Mary Beth Long
7
Q
‘though Milton portrays her as a weak character, he also puts her on a par with Satan in her refusal to accept hierarchy’
A
Sandra M Gilbert
8
Q
Giving Adam the fruit, Eve commits ‘murder’
A
C S Lewis
20th Century
